This will be a return to the SEC for McKessy, who was a Senior Counsel in the Division of Enforcement from 1997 to 2000.

More recently, the SEC said, McKessy served as corporate secretary for both Altria and AOL , and as securities counsel for Caterpillar .

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In these roles, McKessy developed and supervised internal compliance and reporting programs related to the federal securities laws, served as corporate compliance officer, and coordinated the reporting of potential violations to boards of directors.